HISTORY of the End of the World

First Trip

I have tried it before. Without the cards. Trying to reach my hometown and where my battle started. I was actually forbidden to stay there and was accompanied to the city-limits by the cops.

I can reach my home-town by train in about three hours. But it started after a couple of minutes. What it? The defense-mechanisms of the ruling Elite. After a few minutes the train broke down and it finally arrived at a main-railway station too late for any reasonable connection. The next express took almost three hours, which should have been 1 ½. There I was hit by a “traffic-stroke”. No trains, because of a major accident and no connecting busses, due to a local strike.

I decided to walk. I knew the way. A simple road along the river of some 20 miles. I bought some food and water and shouldered my backpack. The first 10 miles were easy, though I was surprised by the ancient buildings and ruins I passed. Some I remembered, other I had never sen before. I passed several canals and small villages and harbourcomplexes. When I finally saw the silhouet of the city and its impressive waterfront, things became difficult. Roads were closed and bridges demolished, which forced me east, away from the city. Finally I was forced to climb all kind of iron fences or the path disappeared into nothingness. When I finally succeeded in crossing the river and climbing the city-wall, I was arrested by the police. Tresspassing of military property.

The cops brought me to the railway-station. Trains were functioning normal again.